Title

Nail Polish Remover

Problem Scenario

I want to know which solvent best will remove nail polish.

Broad Question

Which solvent has a best impact on nails?

Specific Question

Will homemade nail polish remover remove nail polish from a finger, or will store bought remove it best?

Hypothesis

If I make a homemade nail polish remover and test it against the store bought one, the store bought will have a better outcome because it has acetone in it, acetone is a strong removing chemical that my homemade remover will not have acetone in it.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable: Solvents

Dependent Variable: Nail polish taken off

Variables That Need To Be Controlled: The time

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

Solvent:
The liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.

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General Plan

1. Paint nail polish on 10 spoons.
2. Test the homemade 5 times.
3. Test store bought 5 times.
4. Record my observations and find my conclusion.

Potential Problems And Solutions

Finding the right amount of time where I am able to do my project, and making sure that I do my experiment. Also I have to make sure that I don't forget to time my experiment, because then I will have to start all over again.

Experimental Design

Resources and Budget Table

Item	Number needed	Where I will get this	Cost
poster	1	staples
nail polish remover	1	wall-mart	3.99
bag of plastic spoons	1	Hanaford	1.29
nail polish	4 different colors	beautiful nails	10.00

Detailed Procedure

1. Make homemade nail polish remover.
2. Take 1 type of nail polish and paint two spoons.
3. Now do that with all the nail polishes.
4. Take the nail polish remover that was bought at the store and rub 5 different colored spoons for 15 seconds.
5. Do the same as above but do it with the homemade nail polish remover.
6. When you have completed the first test, repeat 4 more times.
7. Make sure to make observations, on all test's.
8. once you are all done with the procedure, look at all the ones from homemade and all the ones from store bought and see which one took off more on the spoons.
9. Make your conclusion.

Diagram

Photo List

Time Line

February-9 start my experiment.
February-10 finish my 1st test.
February-11 do test 2
February-12 do 3rd test
February-13 do test 4
February-14 do 5th test
February-15 do 6th test
February-16 do test 7
February-17 do 8th test
February-18 do the 9th test
February 19 do the last test
February-20 write the conclusion

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Data Table

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Data Analysis

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos

Results

Store bought nail polish remover removes better than the homemade one.

Conclusion

The store bought nail polish remover removed the nail polish of the spoons better because, as you see in my data and observations the store bought removed way more nail polish than the homemade one.

Discussion

Benefit to Community and/or Science

Background Research

References

Abstract

For my project I am testing whether home made or store bought nail polish will work better. So I painted 8 spoons, 4 different colors. Two of them got the same color and so on with the rest. I predicted that the store bought nail polish would remove the nail polish better, and it did. For the procedure of the project, I had to paint the spoons each to a certain marking point, then I had to do my actual experiment which involved testing other options to remove the nail polish such as vinegar, acetone, rubbing alcohol. When I was done testing my "homemade" options, looked at my results, and the store bought was by far, the one that took off more nail polish. which is strange because acetone is the main ingredients in nail polish remover.